MSE Pregnancy Club 24

emsbet

((hugs))Rebekah, I hope you feel better soon. If your still feeling breathless tomorrow maybe give your midwife a ring for advice?

xx

RebekahR

I think they only tend to worry if its bad when your sat down too which today it isn't. I've put it down to anxiety as I am prone to attacks and do feel better today. But if worse tomorrow I might any ways Ready for an afternoon nap now to make up for last nights bad night!

MummyOfTwo

RebekahR wrote: »

I think they only tend to worry if its bad when your sat down too which today it isn't. I've put it down to anxiety as I am prone to attacks and do feel better today. But if worse tomorrow I might any ways Ready for an afternoon nap now to make up for last nights bad night!

sounds like you are doing a little too much... brew, biccies and a lovely nap sounds in order.

emsbet, my hubby preferred the homebirth, he could try and make himself useful a bit more, getting stuff ready, fussing after the midwives etc. He definitely liked being able to get me tucked up in bed afterwards and not being made to leave us as you would in most hospitals. I always feel a bit sorry for dads at hospital births, without a good midwife who involves them they can easily feel quite left out.

little_miss_moneysaver_3

Hugs Rebekah sounds like a nice chill out day may be the answer :-) hope you're back on good form soon. Maybe it's the cold making you a bit out of puff. Is scary though after my funny turn the other day. If you're still feeling rough tomorrow maybe get checked over by the midwife/GP?

Mummyoftwo I'm also thinking of home birth. I know it's my first and a lot of friends think I'm bonkers but the idea of trekking to the hospital and too many people interfering is not my idea of fun. Did you have a birthing pool at home? Have been looking at bits I'll need to get in, have you any advice? as there seems to be lots of "essential" items.
Emsbet I'm not sure how OH will react to the birth in general. One is thing is for certain if he gets distracted by the tv, as often happens when I'm talking to him, I'll not be a happy mummy. But I think I'll be calmer at home so hopefully he'll be calmer :-)

OH decided we "need" a new tv so has been out most of the day and has come home with a big 3d super special something something tv. I'm not even sure how you get things to be 3d on there? Now he's going to spend hours probably fiddling with it.....boys and their toys eh, what is our son going to be like? Mr Gadget Junior lol.

Kira, maybe your friend could lurk for a bit and get to know us a bit before she says hello if she's nervous. She'll see what we natter about etc. hope her antenatal care is better organised now.

Time for another :coffee: me thinks, maybe a sneaky choccy finger or two

kittycat1977

Hi everyone :wave:

I have been lurking ever since I found out I was pregnant and thought it was finally the time to stop behaving like a stalker and join in.

I am 34 and 19 weeks today. This is our first baby due on 16th September (my oh's birthday). I am hoping that I will be either early or late though as I would like the baby to have it's own birthday.

For some reason I am having my 20 week scan at 21 weeks, I think it might be due to the fact that I was rather cuddly to start with.

I am in a similar position to you Emsbet as I am not working at the moment either, I am still looking for a job but no luck so far.

silly_moo

Can you please tell me when by when you want to have everything ready for the baby? On one forum I'm registered on most of the girls are almost ready at 30wks. They are now talking about ironing baby clothes but I haven't even bought any clothes yet! I'm 28wks 3days and all we did was paid a deposit for a pram and hubby started painting the nursery yesterday. Am I too far behind with preparations?

And a second question - do you know any websites where I could get free nappies/cosmetics samples? Not sure what brand I want to use so would be good to try a few and then decide.

jennynoo

It's not the end of the world if you have to do a bit of shopping after baby arrives, I was out shopping a week after DD arrived. With my first I didn't get much until really near the due date and then got given loads when baby arrived so was glad I didn't get much. Also no need to do up a nursery as you will have at least six months before they might go in their own room. Only really important thing is the car seat if you plan to drive home from the hospital.

Freebies - I think there are some links at the start of this thread. Good idea to try first, we got loads of pampers but they didn't work with our DD at all so gave them away. This time we have gone for a selection and are also have a few 'real' nappies to try and might give natural infant hygiene a go.

natwesty

Well it's been quite a roller coaster so far, no mummy cuddles yet.

After my last update I went on the monitor and baby was getting distressed. Heart rate was 190+ and my contractions were too intense and frequent without enough dilution. I was prepared for emergency c section, met the anaesthtist but then the drugs calmed baby down again so decision made to wait.

Was due propess number two at 5pm, but heart rate up again so waiting until 7pm. Ifbaby reacts again though I think it'll be a c-section.

silly_moo

jennynoo wrote: »

It's not the end of the world if you have to do a bit of shopping after baby arrives, I was out shopping a week after DD arrived. With my first I didn't get much until really near the due date and then got given loads when baby arrived so was glad I didn't get much. Also no need to do up a nursery as you will have at least six months before they might go in their own room. Only really important thing is the car seat if you plan to drive home from the hospital.

Freebies - I think there are some links at the start of this thread. Good idea to try first, we got loads of pampers but they didn't work with our DD at all so gave them away. This time we have gone for a selection and are also have a few 'real' nappies to try and might give natural infant hygiene a go.

Thanks jennynoo

I was beginning to think I'm the most disorganised person in the world as I'm totally not ready yet. Had a quarrel with my dad today - wanted to ask his advice on cots vs cotbeds and he said it doesn't matter and I can even put the baby under the bed! He should know better than to annoy a hormonal pregnant woman!

We did look at nurseries as we want our DS to start at 6-9 months, forgot to mention this. We saw two but can't make up our mind. I know there are waiting lists so we'll probably need to decide by the end of the week. I was unable to find any reviews on the internet so maybe someone here can help me? Here are the main differences:

Nursery 1:
- seemed more colourful
- at the end of each day parents get a sheet where it's written what the baby was doing, when nappies were changed (and what was in the nappy), what the baby had to eat
- there was a sink in each room to encourage children to wash hands
- liked the "no shoes" policy although did see one of the fathers wearing his so not sure if this policy is not only "for show" for prospective parents
- had a carpet in baby room
- babies and toddlers up to 2 years old are in the same room
- cots for sleeping are in the same room with
- 15 children in the room
- 5 per day more expensive

Nursery 2:
- seemed a bit plain, I don't remember exactly but think the walls were white but maybe they had some "baby art" on them
- separate room for babies up to 1 year old
- hard vinyl floor
- separate sleeping room
- 9 babies in the room
- staff in this nursery seemed on average younger than in nursery 1

Apart from the above both nurseries were pretty similar and the managers and all staff seemed very friendly.

We haven't got a car seat but I already decided we wan't a cabriofix so it should be fairly easy to get as they're sold everywhere and the prices don't vary much.

I will have a look at the links you mentioned. I wouldn't like to accidentally register on some dodgy free samples websites!

little_miss_moneysaver_3

Welcome Kitty not sure how to add you to the list I'm afraid. Are you going to find out the flavour at your scan? I'm a couple of days ahead of you and having my scan at 20+5 I guess it comes down to availability of appointments rather than anything else.
Just been joining the last few baby clubs on my list from a friend this afternoon. Boots, sainsburys and Asda's club seem to give away huggies packs with 27 newborn nappies in. I joined pampers but not really heard anything from them since. Boots club send lots of vouchers for nappies and I think it was Ikkle that was saying to use any vouchers with special offers and she'd got some cracking deals. Got lots of vouchers from tesco the other day and some that are designed for after bubba is born for wipes etc and long expiry dates on.

Silly moo I'm just over 19 weeks and already have most of the stuff with exception of Moses basket which my friend will give once her boy is transferred to his cot ok. I know people think I'm tempting fate etc but it's just my manicness takes over and I like being prepared. Also I've been buying stuff at good prices when I've seen it. I got a load of baby clothes yday via local Facebook site and am resisting the urge to wash them all. I will sort into age groups and wash much nearer the time. And hopefully it'll be better drying weather. A nice task for maternity leave :-) Not started sorting out/decorating the spare room though for the nursery yet! So no where too practical to store all the stuff. Some people don't feel ready until much later in the pregnancy. All I had on my list at the beginning was a buggy/car seat and a cot and if all else fails I guess as long as you have them and a couple of baby grows, nappies and a milk supply the rest you can get quick enough. Yep my little world is a very simple place lol